Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Enrico Weigelt writes: All this leads me back back to the conclusion I already had about 10 years ago: *NEVER EVERY* buy Nvidia cards. (I've made the big mistake buying an notebook with NV graphics, so I even can't replace it :(() Any suggestions on which video cards to buy? I also hate the

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-08 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same EXACT problem. It all seems to go fine, but I get a black screen when X starts. Not like a back-lit one either. Like power off black. I know X is running, I can see the processes, and it

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-06 Thread Henry Gebhardt
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 01:17:03PM +0100, Penguin Lover Henry Gebhardt squawked: I also have a nVidia 440 Go with the same problem. I fixed by including the line Option UseDisplayDevice DFP in

RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? [SOLVED]

2008-03-06 Thread Daevid Vincent
Well that seems to have fixed it. A million thanks Henry. -Original Message- From: Henry Gebhardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:17 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-05 Thread Henry Gebhardt
Hi, On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen. This driver is NOT working with my card. Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same EXACT

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 01:17:03PM +0100, Penguin Lover Henry Gebhardt squawked: I also have a nVidia 440 Go with the same problem. I fixed by including the line Option UseDisplayDevice DFP in the Screen section of /etc/X11/xorg.xonf. However, now I can't use an external

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:57:56 -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote: So this page finally loaded today: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Video_Card_Support_Under_XGL#nVidia Bear in mind that this is not official advice. And it says: nVidia GeForce 4 Go 440 32Mb (with latest

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:57:56PM -0800, Penguin Lover Daevid Vincent squawked: So this page finally loaded today: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Video_Card_Support_Under_XGL#nVidia And it says: Please do as you are told and read the OFFICIAL gentoo website?

RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Daevid Vincent
-Original Message- From: Willie Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:41 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:57:56PM -0800, Penguin

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Dale
Daevid Vincent wrote: -Original Message- From: Willie Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:41 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:57

RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Daevid Vincent
I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen. This driver is NOT working with my card. Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same EXACT problem. It all seems to go fine, but I get a black screen when X starts. Not like a

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Dale
Daevid Vincent wrote: I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen. This driver is NOT working with my card. Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same EXACT problem. It all seems to go fine, but I get a

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 06:14:02PM -0800, Penguin Lover Daevid Vincent squawked: And, as I already posted twice now... I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen. Oops, sorry about that, short memory. This driver is NOT working with my

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 07:05:37PM -0800, Penguin Lover Daevid Vincent squawked: locutus ~ # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE Current Operating System: Linux locutus.daevid.com 2.6.23-gentoo-r9 #3 PREEMPT Tue Mar 4 18:28:41 PST 2008 i686 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented,

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?

2008-03-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:14:02 -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote: -Original Message- From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nvidia.com suggests using 96.43.05 And, as I already posted twice now... I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. Now when I start X, I have a